When they didn’t mention MPs expenses last week, it was odd. This time it was downright embarrassing – and adds to the impression that they all have something to hide. Which, of course, they all do.First thing’s first: Ed Miliband seems to have a new job. He now sits next to Brown making theatrical grimaces and facial expressions of mock astonishment when Tories speak. Quite fun to watch. Oxford, LSE, Harvard – and he ends up as the highest-paid mime artist in Britain.
Not Cameron’s most barnstorming performance, but I think one of his best – in that he improvised, and applied some forensic questioning to what Brown had just said rather than moving on to the next pre-prepared question. As he did so, Brown moved on to his pre-prepared answers. It was fairly clear that Brown was the one reeling off soundbites – and relying his recent technique of asking Cameron questions.
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